Waukesha woman charged in death of 2-year-old girl

WAUKESHA – A Waukesha woman has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide for allegedly kicking her boyfriend’s daughter to death.

The criminal complaint filed Tuesday says 31-year-old Nicole Wagester was babysitting the girl Monday morning while the child’s father was at work. She initially told police the child fell out of bed. But it says she eventually told investigators she had lost her temper while trying to toilet-train the girl, and kicked her in the abdomen hard enough to send her sliding across the bathroom floor.

Wagester called rescue workers, who found the girl unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. An autopsy determined she died of internal bleeding from a lacerated liver.

A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 17.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for Wagester.

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